21 Years Of Q Covers

What is the greatest Q cover ever?

Well, with your help, we hope to answer that question. To celebrate our 21st anniversary we've compiled a special Q covers gallery - and you can rate and comment on each one.

Looking back over 21 years of Q it's obvious that much has changed. It's unlikely, for example, that "jazz giant" Pat Metheny would today be worthy of a breathless cover line, as he was in 1987.

Then again, some artists have grown up with us - U2, Elton John, REM - and certain values have stayed the same: striking photography, cheeky cover lines, and (of course) lists.

We hope you enjoy scrolling through the gallery as much as we've enjoyed putting it together. Marvel! As Q struggles to get its head round this new thing called "MTV". Wince! At the startling frequency of Mick Hucknall interviews. Wonder! If getting Terence Trent D'Arby to strip naked was such a good idea, really.

Find the Gallaery here

Source: www.q4music.com

Pre-Order Lord Don't Slow Me Down

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Lord Don't Slow Me Down (Digital Single)

To mark the release of the Lord Don’t Slow Me Down DVD, the title track of the same name, which was written for the film, will be released as a DOWNLOAD ONLY single on Sunday 21st October.

Click here for more information.




Source: www.oasisinet.com

The Checks On Touring With Oasis

Put down your hessian bag and roman sandals – the Checks aren't full of blubberlust on debut album Hunting Whales, writes Vicki Anderson.

The Checks' frontman Ed Knowles is as creatively free as, well, Willie. He doesn't so much laugh at the end of the first single, What I Heard, off their long-awaited debut album Hunting Whales as cackle maniacally and he has good reason to be so happy.

They formed in 2003 and initially competed in barbershop competitions while still at school at Takapuna Grammar.

The Checks also toured Australia with Oasis and Knowles confirms that Liam is exactly as you'd expect him to be.

"Yeah, Oasis ... they're exactly like that – big eyebrows, loud accents – no s..., they are like that. They're not faking it. We walked in and Liam slapped me on the back, bang, bang, then he said: `Yeah, yeah, f...... dig your band'. He talks in statements."

Source: www.stuff.co.nz

Q&A Noel Gallagher

Uncut: How did the film come about
Noel Gallagher: The guy who directed it, Baillie Walsh, started off making the video for 'Let There Be Love' and he thought the stuff he was shooting was so great, he started trying to persuade us that he should come on tour with us for nine-anda-half months to make the film. I put it to him, the years of kissing the sky and drinking champagne out of cowboy boots at 10 o'clock in the morning are all gone. I was a bit warythat he might try to make us out to be something that we're not, but he kept saying, "I'll tell it like it is", which he did.

How Different would the footage have been if it had been taken on the Be Here Now tour?
You know what, that was the single greatest thing that I've ever been involved in. We toured as the biggest band in the world. Anything that you could possibly want, you could get two of. I would phone my manager at five in the morning from Singapore and he'd say "What do you want?" and I'd say, "I've got a whim I want fulfilled right now," and he'd do it!

The Film shows that there is still a rivalry between you and Liam...
Me and Liam have always had the same relationship. You can spin it any way you like. It's as good or as bad as it ever was.

Source: Uncut Magazine

Noel Gallagher Once Again On The Russell Brand Show

Noel Gallagher once again joins Russell Brand via phone on his radio show for the usual banter.

Russell tells Noel that brother Liam looks likes a Japanese bag of dust on the cover of this months Mojo. Noel tells Russell it is nothing to do with airbrushing, and that Liam looks like that these days.

Noel also says to Russell that Liam no longer has a mobile phone since he threw it in the Thames as he was getting rung up all the time when he was out drinking. Noel also reveals to Russell that his new born son Donavon is thriving.

Click here to listen to the full show, other guests on the show are Lily Allen & the World Conker Champion Chris Jones.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk/radio2

A Reminder About Two Charity Auctions

Two charity auctions are currently taking place for various charities, featuring items signed By Liam and Noel Gallagher.

Signed PURE Marshall EVOKE-1XT DAB digital radio's

Here’s your chance to get yourself, (or the rocker in your life) a unique part of rock history, an original PURE Marshall EVOKE-1XT DAB digital radio – autographed in person by a rock legend. Unsigned these radios have an SRP of £99.99, so signed they could be priceless.

Check out the radio's signed by Liam & Noel Gallagher here all the proceeds go to Nordoff-Robbins music therapy – registered charity number 280960.

Signed 10-Foot Guitar By Artist Pete McKee

Noel's guitar made by Artist Pete Mckee for Gibson Guitartown London, signed by Noel Gallagher "Peace love jelly and ice cream" can be found here.

Of the process the artist says: "It was great to Have Noels direct involvement with the guitar and he was very keen to make sure all the records and bands he chose reflected his influences as a lad learning to play guitar, to the point that underneath a couple of the sleeves lie rejected choices only he and I know about."

The benefiting organizations are: The Prince's Trust, Teenage Cancer Trust and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy.

David Gilmour Sends His Congratulations

David Gilmour Winner of the Best Music Blog at this Year's BT Music Awards, has sent over his congratulations to the site on winning the Best Unofficial Music Site at this years event.

David Jon Gilmour CBE (born March 6, 1946 in Cambridge) is an English musician best known as a guitarist, singer, and songwriter in the band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has also worked as a record producer for a variety of famous artists. Gilmour has been very active in many charity organisations over the course of his career. In 2003, he was appointed CBE for this work.

Visit David's Blog here

Liam Gallagher Sports Gio

Oasis front man Liam Gallagher, sporting a Gio-Goi jacket in a recording studio in London over the weekend.

Source: www.gio-goi.com

Review Oasis' 'Lord Don't Slow Me Down' DVD

Lord Don't Slow Me Down
Retail DVD (Big Brother, Widescreen)

Four Stars

Put it down to the long hours spent in the company of '60s obsessives Andy Bell and Gem Archer, or Noel Gallagher's recent confession that he's started reading books but Oasis' eye for detail continues to impress.

If the artwork for Stop The Clocks - overseen by Sir Peter Blake, no less was an impressive piece of pop-art revisionism, Lord Don't Slow Me Down is equally conceptual - a black-and-white documentary housed in an illustrated monochrome cover boasting epithets ("Workers Of The World Relax!") worthy of Richard Neville's countercultural handbook, Playpower.

The aim, clearly, was to create a tour movie with the gravitas of Anton Corbijn's Depeche Mode travelogue, Document, while reasserting Oasis' position as champions of the retro-rock flame.

Not That Lord Don't Slow Me Down - filmed during the band's 10 month world tour in support of Don't Believe The Truth pulls any punches. Instead, we get to see the Oasis rock 'n' roll touring machine as it really is; a mix of motorways, anonymous hotel rooms and promo duties where boredom is only alleviated by the wild mercury of two hours on stage.

No longer is access to the Oasis dressing room a shortcut to a supermodel-friendly take on Byronic excess. Here, it's at it's most animated during a game of 70's boardgame Frustration (Noel wins, inevitably), while the sober, pre-gig silences prior to enormo-gigs at Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl speak priorities as they approach 40.

Instead , it's left to touring partners Kasabian to provide any semblance of rock looning, as Oasis amuse themselves, any way they can - playing pitch 'n' putt, watching football on TV or, in the case of Liam 'n' Noel, bickering about everything from Tom Cruise to who runs the band.

Even a boozy backstage party featuring performing midgets is curiously restrained, the band's Dionysian days a dim and distant memory. "It's been a great year, and this time we're old enough to appreciate, " admits Noel. "I can't remember anything from '95 or '96."

No Cocksucker Blues, then. Yet such candour allows us a rare insight into how the two brothers from Burnage managed to become one of the biggest bands in the world.

"I'm glad I'm back at work," announces Noel during one spate of promos - telling a rebuttal of Thom Yorke's rock star petulance during Meeting People Is Easy - and Liam's refusal to see his life as anything other than that of a lottery winner remains central to their appeal. When he's next seen whizzing around Sydney Harbour in a speedboat, drunk as a skunk, you begin to see why.

"Oasis is straightforward - there's no frills," reflects Liam when asked to reveal the secret of there appeal. Indeed. The day's of "caught beneath the landslide" may be long gone, but Lord Don't Slow Me Down is proof that Oasis' wayward spirit remains intact.

Extras: Bonus disc: Live at City Of Manchester Stadium, Noel Gallagher Q&A session, audio commentaries.

Source: Uncut Magazine

BT Digital Music Awards On TV Tonight

Channel 4 Tonight (UK) 00:40

Alex Zane presents from the Roundhouse in Camden, London. Whether it's via downloading, mobiles, online, digital radio or interactive TV, the BT Digital Music Awards celebrate various platforms from which music is enjoyed today. Featured performers are Natasha Bedingfield, The Hoosiers and The Rakes.


Source: www.channel4.com

10 Things We Learnt From Oasis' New DVD

Lord Don't Slow Me Down features an audio commentary by the band - so just what is Liam doing with that KY jelly?

1) Noel is a diety in Europe

Footage of the guitarist waving from a balcony is cheekily cut with Oasis fans waving from below
Noel: In five years' time that will be reality. Was i the pope? Well, i am a holy figure in Italy."

2) Liam got bollocked for talking to Girls Aloud

Oasis and girl band meet at a photo shoot
Sarah Harding, Girls Aloud:
"(On the film) Where are you playing?
Can we all get Tickets?"
Liam: "(Makes big hand gesture) Nah, they"re all gone!...
(On commentary) I got it for meeting Girls Aloud, [my missus said] I told you not to speak to the other girls."

3) Liam would run Noel over if given a chance

The guitarist strolls across the road as a taxi rolls harmlessly behind him
Liam: "Bastard! That taxi missed! if i was driving i would have fucking had you, man!"


4) Liam uses KY Jelly

Backstage and pre-gig, Liam puts in his in-ear monitors
Liam: "(To camera) The things i have to do,eh? KY fucking-jelly in my ears!"

5) Noel knows what a "typical" Oasis fan looks like

A bald fan queuing up for the Astoria gig sings Live Forever loudly and out of tune
Noel: "We're buzzing of this cunt."
Liam: "It's the Twang geezer (all laugh)."
Colin Murray: "(Hosting the commentary) There's your typical Oasis fan."
Noel: "Steady on (cuts to Liam singing), there's your typical Oasis fan, him singing in the mic!"

6) Sandals at Oasis gig are a very bad idea

Footage of a crowd surfer at Hampden Park
Noel: "Who wears sandals to an Oasis gig?"
Liam: "Especially the ones you get free in a hotel."
Noel: "Fucking rubbish! I'm off to see Oasis. Well you look like your going to the fucking beach!"

7) Liam has dwarves at his birthday parties

Liam is presented with a birthday cake from dwarf entertainers
Noel: "It's the little fella out of the Fratellis, Isn't it?" (Starts humming Chelsea Dagger)
Liam: "(Referring to the top hat) That's Daman Albams new look, isn't it?"

8) Liam does weird shit when left alone

Singer is shot trough a crack in the door, disco dancing, but there's no music
Noel: This is my favorite bit in the whole film! I've never seen this before. What is going on here? It's like David Bellamy uncovering some bush somewhere. Is that what you get up to before gigs?(Starts beatboxing in time with the dance)
You mental case!"
Liam: "You'll all be doing it next year"
Noel: "I'm going to keep an eye on him next time we go on tour. What are you doing onstage standing with your hands behind your back? That's rubbish, now i have seen the golden drifter in the room!"

9) Oasis jack up - on vitamins

Footage of the band getting injections
Liam: "(Shouting) Here you go, eat your heart out Pete Docherty, You fucking crackhea! That whinger!"
Noel: "All the vitamins you need are in an orange!Vitamin C, these three!"
Gem Archer: "It was in an Elvis book! It's in the rule book."
Liam: "Get some to put a needle in y6our arm, it's better, looks better, anyway.
You don't want to be sitting there with someone photographing you taking 30 vitamins, just wait for the doctor to stick a jab in your arm."
Collin Murray: "Could you not take Vitamin tablets?"
Liam: "No, you've got to open the top, stick it in your gob and swallow it."
Noel: "Can i just point out to the people at home that only three people in Oasis are doing Vitamin shots? There's one person left keeping it real."

10) Forget sex, drugs and Rock'n'roll, it's all about board games

Backstage, band are gambling heavily on a round of Frustration
Noel: "Some bands have whores and cocaine in the dressing room. What do we have? Board games are where it's at!(Laughs) I won four games in a row that night! You had to be there! Wasn't it about $125 a game?"

source: NME Magazine thanx @ JONO!

Liam Gallagher's Mad Fer Kit

Looks like Liam Gallagher has been ’aving it in front of the camera – doing a shift as a Manc model.

The Oasis frontman is the latest in a long line of rock gods to get decked out by fashion label Gio-Goi.

The two characters behind the brand – Anthony and Christopher Donnelly – have the stars banging at their door these days.

And Liam is one of three new kings of cool bagged by the duo for their autumn/winter collection.
Liam is joined by pal and fellow frontman Tom Meighan from Kasabian and hell-raising actor Rhys Ifans to model the sought-after kit.

Anthony said: “You don’t get much cooler than Oasis and Kasabian. These boys represent the football terraces where Gio-Goi belongs.”

Other stars who have worked with the label include Amy Winehouse, Pete Doherty, Calvin Harris and The Enemy.

I reckon there’ll be a few lads in the country ’aving this clobber for winter.

Click here to see the other pictures.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

New Who DVD To Have Rare Footage

A new DVD of The Who is to be released on 5th November, featuring a full-length documentary film about the legendary band.

'Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who' is a double disc DVD, with disc one presenting a complete picture of forty years of The Who, and containing new and exclusive interviews with surviving members Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend. Rare concert footage, and insights into their legacy from stars such as Sting, The Edge, Eddie Vedder and Noel Gallagher are also featured in 5.1 Surround Sound.

The second disc, 'Amazing Journey: Six Quick Ones' features four individual pieces, the virtuoso musical abilities of each band member: Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Keith Moon. 'Who Art You' takes the viewer through The Who's trademark bullseye, and the Mod and Pop Art movements, as The Who's 1960s journey to become a band as visual as they were musical is explored. 'Who's Back', the sixth part, shows The Who when they returned to the studio in 2003 to record 'Real Good Looking Boy'.

Further bonus material includes the earliest known footage of the band in existence, performing as The High Numbers at the Railway Hotel, as well as five further featurettes.

You can watch the trailer for 'Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who' featuring Noel Gallagher below:

WMP: Broadband Dial-Up

Real: Broadband Dial-Up

Source:www.clickmusic.com

The Next Big Thing Jersey Budd...

Leicester is a hotbed for musical talent at the moment, with Kasabian now one of the major forces in the UK music scene, and there friend Jersey Budd is about to join them at the top of the UK music charts.

Inspired by his fathers love of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Cat Stevens, Paul Weller, and also later captivated by Oasis, Jersey picked up a guitar as a teenager and taught himself to play.

The result is a collection of classically crafted songs, shaped by his peers, yet effortlessly his own; his unique voice, soul, and talent for a melody having led to Jersey being tipped as one to watch after only a handful of gigs, albeit supporting Kasabian, The Enemy, The Rifles and Hard Fi.

Jersey is currently recording his debut album in Leicester after the instant sell out of his debut single in August. His 2nd single is due out Jan 2008. Listen out for him and watch him grow.

Noel Gallagher "Jersey is colossal and he's going to be huge next year."

Serge Pizzorno "Great voice and a great talent."

The Sun “A plumber by day, Jersey is set to kiss kitchen sinks goodbye with his gravelly tones and Dylanesque guitar. This boy is going to be as big as fellow Leicester lads Kasabian.”

NME "Jersey has KOKO eating out of his guitar hardened hands, storming through Oasis go honky tonk rollock rockers like Shotgun Times to nothing less than adulation"

Tom (The Enemy) "Jersey's got one of the best fucking voices I've ever heard"

Leicester Mercury "There are loads of male singer/songwriters out there at the moment, and there will be the inevitable comparisons with James Blunt, Paulo Nutini and James Morrison, but the truth is, he's nothing like them."

Check out Jersey Budd's MySpace page by clicking here

Chemical Brothers And Muse Bag BT Digital Awards

The Chemical Brothers, Muse and Funeral For A Friend were all winners at the BT Digital Music Awards bash last night.

The ceremony took place at the Roundhouse in Camden with other winners including Natasha Bedingfield, Enter Shikari and Keane.

The award show aims to highlight the best of the online music world. That said, the winners were wholly predictable, however a few sites who deserve a mention include Dave Gilmour who won the People’s Choice Award for Best Music Blog and the Oasis fan website Stop Crying Your Heart Out who won the People’s Choice Award for Best Unofficial Music Site.

Source: www.strangeglue.com

Ben Sherman and Gibson Guitar Band Together To Create The Ultimate Noise For Charity

Original Brit label, Ben Sherman and leading guitar specialist, Gibson, have created the ultimate range of money-can’t-buy collectable guitars to celebrate their love for British music and style through the decades. These one of a kind, bespoke designs will be showcased individually in all Ben Sherman stores globally from 15th October to 26th November 2007.

Exhibited in its own dedicated window space, all 20 customised guitars can be viewed online at the Ben Sherman website and will be available to own via silent auction in the participating store or by placing bids at the website, bensherman.com Designed in collaboration with renowned guitar artist Philippe Dubreuille, the range of instruments are decorated with archival Ben Sherman prints including its iconic houndstooth check, target logo and the Paul Weller Candy stripe.

Famed for making magical guitars for legends such as Iggy Pop, Noel Gallagher and The Clash for more than 20 years, Dubreuille creations are destined to become exclusive collectables for fashion and music lovers alike. The guitars will be display in Ben Shermans Global retail windows across the Uk, US, Australia, Middle east and Asia. All UK Ben Sherman stores, located in Carnaby Street, Manchester, Lakeside and Birmingham, will auction guitars in aid of the inspirational Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy organisation.

Source: www.nordoff-robbins.org.uk

Download The Russell Brand Podcast Now

They've recovered from the jet lag, and are back with a bang. This week, Russell and Matt speak to actual Big Bird and a woman who stuff them. And we reveal, exclusively, what happened at the birth of Noel Gallagher's new baby. Especially for you....

Click here to download the podcast.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk/radio2

BT Digital Music Awards: The Winners

Best Pop Artist in association with TV Hits
Winner: Natasha Bedingfield - www.natashabedingfield.com

Best Rock/Indie Artist in association with Play Music
Winner: Muse - www.muse.mu

Best Urban Artist in association with MySpace Hook Up
Winner: Lemar - www.lemar-online.com

Best Electronic Artist or DJ in association with DJ
Winner: The Chemical Brothers - www.thechemicalbrothers.com

Best Podcast in association with BT Podshow
Winner – Audio podcast: Hospital Records' London Elektricity
Winner – Video podcast: Bloc Party Videocasts

Best Radio Station in association with The Independent
Winner: BBC 6 Music

Best Music Store
Winner: iTunes - www.itunes.co.uk

Best Music Magazine
Winner: NME.com - www.nme.com

Best Music Community in association with HMV
Winner: Live Nation's Download Festival community - www.downloadfestival.co.uk

Best Artist Promotion in association with Yahoo! Music
Winner: The Rakes – Ten New Messages Flash Mob

Best Digital Service in association with BT Total Broadband
Winner: Now Play It - www.nowplayit.com

Best Mobile Campaign
Winner: Ludacris - www.ludacrisworld.com

Breakthrough Artist of the Year in association with BBC 6Music
Winner: Enter Shikari - www.entershikari.com

Artist of the Year in association with Packard Bell
Winner: Funeral For A Friend - www.funeralforafriend.com

Best Innovation in association with 4Music
Winner: SliceThePie.com - www.slicethepie.com

Best Music Hardware in association with Stuff
Winner: Vocalist Live 2 - www.vocalistlive.co.uk

People's Choice Award for Best Music Blog
Winner: David Gilmour: The Blog - davidgilmour.musicblog.co.uk

People's Choice Award for Best Unofficial Music Site
Winner: Stop Crying Your Heart Out, Oasis fansite, UK - www.stopcryingyourheartout.com

People's Choice Award for Best Official Music Site
Winner: Keane official site - www.keanemusic.com

Source: BT Digital Music Awards

Vodafone's Live At The Chapel Series 2

Vodafone's intimate chapel shows make their way onto the second instalment of the album releases.

Live compilation CD’s have a funny little dynamic…particularly when the songs making up the album span from a variety of shows. They tend to lose that sense of continuity that a good album possesses, it feels jerky and rough and it’s often an uncomfortable listen. Unfortunately, despite some fantastic performances, Vodafone’s Live at the Chapel follows the same fate. What it lacks in a steady ebb and flow though, it more than makes up with excellent live performances and impeccable sound quality, delivered straight from a 150 year old bluestone chapel in Victoria’s South Yarra.

Ranging from a variety of local favourites to a few international heavyweights, Live at the Chapel puts together a much loved line-up of artists spanning rock, blues and pop to deliver a 17-track collection that captures the intimacy of the venue and, for the most, the talent of the performers.

The album begins with a sombre rendition of Eskimo Joe’s ‘Black Fingernails, Red Wine’ before immediately hitting the peak of the album in a stunning live performance by Michael Franti & Spearhead. A soft, breezy version of ‘Sometimes’ is followed by ‘Everybody Deserves Music’ reaching a crescendo which isn’t matched for the rest of the album. While Franti lifts the album to another level, The Veronicas do the polar opposite…delivering a poor performance of a poor song that actually makes you wish they were miming this time.

Other highlights include Noel Gallagher’s crooning ‘Slide Away,’ a high energy performance of ‘Come On Come On’ by Little Birdy and a couple of great tracks by John Mayer that make this album an enjoyable listen for the most.

Live at the Chapel is a good album. You can listen to it start to finish and aside from a few jabs at the skip button, you’ll probably like it. It’s just marred by the fact that we’ve heard it all before…Something For Kate is on the radio every day, Evermore are inescapable and Wolfmother is aurally plastered across every ad, movie and TV show you stumble upon. The album covers a broad range of musical genres, with a focus on the commercial, so it’s very much a cut and paste of the tracks that have been on high rotation on commercial radio the last few years. While there are some golden moments, the solid gold is tarnished by far too many average versions of average songs and thus makes it an average album. It’s hard to criticise the album since I find myself going back to it to listen to Franti and Gallagher, but 6 or 7 songs don’t make an album and since the album spans so many genres, it’s likely there will only be 6 or 7 that you’ll like.

Live at the Chapel is an excellent purchase for anybody with a sonic range that covers the entire artist line-up, but for those that are a little pickier, you’ll struggle to listen to the album from start to finish without wearing out the skip button on your stereo.

Source: www.soulshine.com.au

Thank You For The Good Times

Impressionist Stevie Ricks made the first promotional video for votes.

The biggest selling newspaper in the UK, calls the video 'The Best Thing On The T'internet'




Stevie Ricks made yet another video for the site, that was even funnier then the first.

Tonight the site wins Best Unofficial Site, at The BT Music Awards and the party begins.

Stay tuned there will be another video coming soon, the final in the voting trilogy.

I had no idea that the site had won the award, until I saw it come up on the DMA blog. I sent them a e-mail telling them that I could not make it to the show on Sunday, and that was the last I heard from them.

Once again thanks for voting, I have had a right blast on the voting campaign...

Check out Stevie's brilliant videos here